The battery system in Antwerp has an energy storage capacity of 5. 8 megawatt hours (MWh) and a total output of 950 kilowatts (kW). Power electronics, including a power conversion system (PCS), are needed in order to use the electrical energy stored in the battery. . BASF and BASF New Business team members at the completed installation of four containerised NGK NAS battery storage units in Antwerp, Belgium. Image: BASF New Business. A long-duration energy storage system using NGK's sodium-sulfur (NAS) batteries has been commissioned by a subsidiary of German. . BASF New Business GmbH (BNB) has successfully started up a system comprising four NAS® battery containers, which have been integrated into the electricity grid at BASF's Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. With this long-term project in Antwerp, the BASF team wants to test various operating scenarios. . total energy storage capacity of 130 MWh, this project will be the Company's largest battery installation in Europe. NAS batteries, which has maximum 1,000kW-dc power and 5,800kWh-dc dischargeable energy and consists of four sets of containerized NAS. . The Antwerp battery project has a power rating of 25 MW and capacity of 75 MWh. The installation will be operational by the end of 2024. The project uses 40 Intensium Max High Energy lithium-ion containers supplied by Saft. TotalEnergies has a portfolio of 450,000 BtC and 100,000 BtB electricity. . I am an energy storage consultant based in Antwerp, Belgium, with decades of hands-on experience in battery technology and energy management. Over my career, I have. .
